Chapter 390: Opening Blockade James

Under the outbreak of Li Kaiming, in his first career playoff journey, he averaged 37.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.6 blocks per game in the first round, once again leading the playoff scoring average list.

While the Wizards beat the Hawks 4-1, the results of other sets of matchups in the East are gradually becoming clear.

The Bulls led by good senior Rose continued their hot form in the final period of the regular season, and as early as the 26th, they swept the Philadelphia 76ers, the eighth in the East, with a score of 4-1 and successfully advanced to the semifinals.

The matchup between the Heat, who are second in the East, and the New York Knicks, who are seventh in the East, also came to an end on the 27th, and the Heat sent Smalls home 4-1 and successfully met the Wizards in the second round.

The Boston Celtics, who chose to rest in the final week of the regular season, played an extremely tough game against the Magic, and the two sides fought back and forth for seven games before the Celtics finally won the Magic at home.

I don't know if Doug Rivers regrets it now, and chose to give up the third place in the East at the end of the regular season.

If you're a little unlucky, you'll be on a tour this year.

Therefore, in the playoffs, take the initiative to make a fuss about the record, and there is no good end for picking opponents!

In the West, there are three groups of matchups where the higher-ranked teams advance to the second round, with Dallas comfortably beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4-2, the Lakers beating the New Orleans Hornets 4-2, and the Thunder sweeping the Denver Nuggets 4-1.

And the most surprising group of matchups is that the Spurs, the second in the first league in the West, actually lost to the Memphis Grizzlies with a score of 2-4!

Spurs, black eight!

After seeing the news of this thunderous man, Li Kaiming was also stunned for a long time.

The Spurs, who have Duncan, were actually knocked out of the tournament in the most humiliating way, being defeated by the last place of the Western Conference playoff team!

In the past, the German tank Nowitzki was blackened eight, and now there is the first big forward in history, Tim Duncan is blacked eight, it seems that this historical-level big forward always can't avoid the fate of being blackened!

But this news just surprised Li Kaiming for a while, after all, no matter how badly the Spurs lost, it had nothing to do with him, for him, the most important thing at present was to prepare for the second round of the game, because the next opponent of the Wizards is the Super Invincible of the Universe, more than a horror triumvirate Heat team with two, three, four, five, six, and seven championships!

Li Kaiming had some grievances with this Heat team in the regular season, and now when they meet in the second round, they are even more enemies, and they are very angry!

To be reasonable, if as a rookie, you can pull down the pinnacle triumvirate that is unprecedented in history, then it will be worth it even if you don't win the championship this season!

Li Kaiming didn't think about this in his heart, but as long as he thought about it, he knew that this kind of thing was unlikely to happen, unless he averaged 50 points per game, otherwise the Wizards would definitely be at a disadvantage in front of the Heat.

Besides, even the Heat triumvirate can pass, can it still win the championship?

The only thing that makes Li Kaiming feel a little uneasy is that the Wizards have no home-court advantage in this round, and the Heat's outside defense is extremely pressing, if he wants his teammates to play the level that the outside line should have, then he must at least show the performance of the last round, and it is not even enough.

The rest time between the first and second rounds was also relatively sufficient, but because the Heat and the Wizards both took away their opponents 4-1, the game between the two sides was the earliest in the second round, plus the conflict between Li Kaiming and the Heat Big Three, especially with James, this matchup quickly became the focus of attention of all fans.

It's not okay if you don't pay attention, and the other sets of duels haven't started yet.

The time soon came to March 1st, the familiar Miami, the familiar American Airlines Arena.

At the pre-game press conference, when the reporter asked Heat head coach Spoelstra how he would defend Li Kaiming in the game, Spoelstra's expression was very serious.

"He's the focus of our defense, everybody knows he's a dangerous guy, he can shoot from 20 feet, he's got to the basket quickly, he's got a dunk from a seven-foot defender, he's got the whole half, and all we can do is make it as tough as we can and there's so much to do on the defensive end."

And the head coach of the Wizards, Saunders, said that each of the Heat's Big Three can score 30 points in a game, and the Wizards need to keep an eye on these guys and not let them play comfortably.

The pre-match confrontation between the two sides mainly focused on the head coach milking each other, to see who has more milk, and it is best to poison the opposite side.

At present, Spo and Sanders are both good opponents, and if you make a cartoon image for these two people, you have to have a 36D mind.

During the pre-game warm-up, Li Kaiming found that the fans of the Heat seemed to be particularly "enthusiastic" about him, and he didn't know who organized it, as long as he missed the shot before the game, the fans close to the rebound would cheer collectively, and as long as he scored, the group began to boo him together!

Neurotic!

The game hasn't even started, are you so energetic?

Or do you want to quickly boo twice before the game starts, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no chance to boo when the game starts?

However, Li Kaiming also quickly adapted to this decibel volume, after a season of training, now his ability to resist noise has been significantly enhanced, and his sleep is more fragrant than before!

It's just an American Airlines arena, but that's it!

The warm-up session between the two sides ended, and the pre-match ceremonies were quickly completed, and the starters came on.

Heat: Point guard Mike Bibby, point guard Dwayne Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Chris Bosh, center Big Z.

Wizards: Point guard Kirksynridge, point guard Nick Young, small forward Josh Howard, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.

That's right, since the second game of the last round, Sun Yue has lost his starting position, Howard is much more consistent on the defensive end than him, although Sanders likes to attack, but when the small forward on the opposite side is James, it is difficult for you to let Sun Yue play against James.

Although Howard has been seriously injured, his confrontation ability and physical strength are much stronger than Sun Yue, which Sun Yue himself cannot deny.

And all he can do is train harder and then seize every opportunity.

The time came to half past three in the afternoon, and in the whistle of the referee on duty tonight, Derrick Collins, Big Z and Brackey jumped almost at the same time, and the two of them stretched out their arms to reach the basketball in the air, and finally it was the young and vigorous Brach who won the jump ball, and the Wizards attacked first!

Li Kaiming took the ball to point guard Hinrich, and the Heat team stood up in a defensive position in the frontcourt, waiting for the arrival of the Wizards.

Before the start of the game, Wizards head coach Sanders knew that playing a team like the Heat, the advantage of the Wizards is on the inside, the Heat has two big locks on the outside, Wade and James, and it is very difficult to open up space from the outside, not only the shooting rate is low, but there is also a high possibility of being directly stolen by these two people.

So in this series, the Wizards will be incarnated as a very traditional team, playing 90s basketball, starting on the inside, finishing on the inside, and the meaning of the existence of the outside is to open up space for the inside.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Li Kaiming came directly to the waist position to jam Bosh, Hinrich found a suitable angle on the outside, and then directly gave the ball to Li Kaiming on the inside.

In the playoffs, Bosh's defense was much more serious than in the regular season, constantly interfering with Li Kaiming with his hands to prevent him from getting a good position easily.

But Li Kaiming would not be disturbed by such a small action, he observed it with his peripheral vision, and found that after no one came to wrap the clip, he got off the ball directly, and then turned around, stuck half of Bosh's body and rushed to the basket!

As a former All-Star center, Big Z's awareness on the defensive end is still very good, seeing Bosh out of position, his huge body turned an angle directly, and then faced the direction where Li Kaiming came, blocking Li Kaiming's way like a wall.

The two big inside lines of the Heat team arrived at the same time, and Li Kaiming had to take it seriously, both of them were very tall, and they couldn't find a gap to pass the ball to Blatch for a while, so Li Kaiming was between the lights and flints, and before he got to the basket, he threw it directly, and the block of Big Z was a little slower, and Li Kaiming's throwing was hollow into the net!

0 to 2!

The Wizards take the lead on the road!

The Heat serve, Mike Bibby holds the ball to the front court and hands it to Wade, facing Nick Young's defense, Wade throws it away directly with a change of direction and then inserts it into the Wizards' restricted area like a blade.

Blatch under the basket let go of Big Z to make up for the defense, and Wade passed directly to the big Z behind him.

The Heat fans at the scene thought that this would be the first big dunk for the home team, and many fans were ready to celebrate, but they didn't expect Li Kaiming next to him to suddenly kill and directly slap Big Z's empty dunk on the neck of the basket!

Bradch, who reacted, turned around and grabbed the basketball, and then handed over to Hinrich to control the ball over the half court, and Li Kaiming also accelerated behind and rushed towards the front court.

With the existence of an elderly center like Big Z, the fast attack must be a big killer!

The Wizards players were divided into three ways, Hinrich dribbled on the right side to observe the situation, and the others pulled away from the outside after the others went to the frontcourt, Li Kaiming broke through the Heat's outside defense like a Hummer, and Hinrich arrived at the ball, and a straight pass went to Li Kaiming, who cut into the air.

After receiving the ball, Li Kaiming took a big stride and raised the basketball with one hand, aiming directly at the basket.

Bosh who was against Li Kaiming chased after him, and James, who was in the bottom corner at this time, also directly let go of Howard and came over to act as the last line of defense to protect the basket!

In the face of the front and back attacks of the two, Li Kaiming had no fear, he calmly took the last step, and then the whole person flew up in the air, most of his arms exceeded the basket.

At this time, James, who came from the bottom corner to help defend, also jumped up and went towards the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand!

But James still underestimated Li Kaiming's physical talent, the 2.1-meter dunk king who can dunk the windmill at the free throw line, and the arm span of 226, I am afraid that this height can cover no more than three in the league.

And this time Li Kaiming jumped with all his might, and James, who flew in front of Li Kaiming, soon found that he seemed to be one hand away from the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand, but he had already begun to fall!

The corners of Li Kaiming's mouth hooked a cruel arc, and then his arm exerted force, and he dunked the ball into the basket with one arm through James!